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Kraemer’s ebullient all-Handel program warms a December evening in Chicago

By Sam Jacobson, 05 December 2016
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Reviewed at Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago on 1 December 2016
Programme
Handel, Coronation Anthem no. 1: Zadok the priest, HWV 258
Handel, Other (Concerto grosso in B flat major)
Handel, Laudate pueri dominum in D major, HWV 237
Handel, Silete venti, HWV 242
Handel, Royal Fireworks Music, HWV 351
Performers
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Kraemer, Conductor
Amanda Forsythe, Soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, Choirmaster / chorus director
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Sam Jacobson
Sam Jacobson

Sam Jacobson has been writing for Bachtrack since 2015 and is currently in Pittsburgh, having previously lived throughout the Midwest. A keen traveler, he endeavors to see all the great orchestras and opera houses across the US and abroad. Outside of music, he works as a software engineer. He also maintains a blog which can be read here.